THE 

 HIGH COST OF LIVING 



BY 

 FREDERIC C. HOWE, Ph.D., LL.D. 



COMMISSIONER OP IMMIOBATION AT THE POBT OP NEW TOBK 



AUTHOR OF "why WAR," "SOCIALIZED GERMANY," " EOHOPEAN CITIES AT WORK,' 



" PRIVILEGE AND DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA," " THE MODERN 



CITY AND ITS PROBLEMS," ETC. 



NEW YORK 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



1917 



